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Jan. 4 1927.

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SAMUEL GOODMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW.

Application filed October 11, 1924. Serial No. 743,127.

My present invention relates to windows, and more particularly to that type of windows illustrated and described in my patent application bearing Serial No. 649,659, which was filed July 5, 19:23, and allowed September 5, 192%. y

My object in introducing the present invention is to bring out certain novel features embodied therein as improvements'over the structure now pending. One such object is to ease the sliding movement of the sashes; another is to render the operation of the sashes noiseless, and still another is to facilitate the stationing of a given sash at any point to which it may be moved.

lVith the above objects in mind, and others which may become apparent from the following description and claims, reference is had to the data in my application above referred to as well as to the accompanying drawings, in which latter- Figure 1 is an elevation of the new window designed precisely on the order of Figure l in my previous application;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section similar to Figure 2 in said application, except that the showing is fragmentary and therefore magnified for more clearness;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, the window sashes being however re moved;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the inner sash;

Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of a regulating device; and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal medial section of such regulating device.

Referring specifically to the present drawings as a supplement to the previous showing, it will be noted that the general design of the new window is patterned much on the lines of the former structure, and it will therefore be unnecessary to repeat what would apply in the present case by reference to the previous showing and descrip tion.

An important improvement involves the guide strips 5 (formerly 5). It will be noted that these are relatively thinsee Fig. 2-and are partially embedded in the stock of the frame for rigidity. The strips 5 are now made to include the purpose of the former guide blocks 6 by being made full length. Corresponding to the positions of the former guide blocks 6, the strips 5 are now recessed at 6 to co-operate with lugs 23 made in the closing edge of each sash, whereby the sashes are locked from swinging tendency until in lowered position, when the lugs 2-3 register with and clear the recesses (3 either sash is swung. The change is not only a reversal in a mechanical sense, but simplifies the window frame so that there are no projecting minor parts to catch curtains or wearing apparel or to invite dust or rubbish deposits. Also, the change in thesash involves no departure from ordinary methods of construction.

In regulating the sliding movement of the sashes the former rack bars 21 co-operating with latches 11 have been replaced by rack bars 21 co-operating with gears 11 In the former instance, the undulations in the edge of the rack retarded the sliding movement of the sashes through friction at the side of the latch, making the raising or closing of a sash difficult and noisy. As shown particularly in Figures 5 and 6, the gear 11 is outwardly projected by the influence of a coil spring 11 upon the slide bar 11 which carries the gear. The gear is thus constantly in mesh with the rack, facilitating the easy and noiseless movement of the sash.

A deterrent for the gear to enable the sash to be stationed at any point to which raised is provided in the shape of a check-pin 11 held by a spring detent 11 attached to the slide bar 11 by a screw 11*. The check-pin is adapted to seat in any one of a circular series of depressions 11 in the face of the gear 11 whereby the latter is checked with sufficient force-with the companion regulator at the opposite side of the sashto prevent the free descent of the sash. The slide bar 11 is held in a standard 11 carried by an angle plate 2O fitted to the lower corners of the sashes. It is noted that screw 11 engages one arm of standard 11 thus preventing loss of slide bar 11.

A minor improvement is noted in the former sash holding strips or wings 24. This consists in the slotting thereof on the inside as shown at 24? to accommodate vertical slide-bolts 24) operable by the former knobs 26 in conjunction with a suitable mechanism 24L at the center and metal guides 2% near the ends, whereby the bolts can be made to seat in recesses 246 made in the ceiling and floor of the window frame to securely look such strips or wings in closed position. While the principle involved by the present item is not claimed novel, I have considered it proper to draw attention to it on account of its utility in the present connection.

It will be seen that the Window, as improved by the novel changes described in the foregoing, has been simplified as Well as refined so as to operate noiselessly and with ease, retaining the characteristics of the standard Window While capable of swinging to clear the entire WlIlClOW opening or render accessible the outer side of the Window, as

set forth in my previous application.

I claim:

1. A regulator for the sliding sash of a Window frame comprising a casing adapted for attachment to a Window sash, a spring actnated bolt carried by the casing, a gear carried by the bolt and projecting beyond the adjacent edge of the sash, a gear-rack adapted to be engaged by the gear and carried by the frame, means carried by and movable with the bolt to engage said gear and thereby retard the turning of the same, a guide for said bolt, fastening means for said aforementioned gear retarding means, and said fastening means cooperating With said guide to retain the bolt therein.

2. A regulator for the sliding sashes in a indow frame comprising a casing in each side edge of the sash, a spring-backed bolt in the casing, a gear carried by the bolt and projecting beyond the edge of the sash, gear racks in the frame opposite the sash edges and engageable by the respective gears, a series of depressions in the face of each gear, and a yieldable detent carried by the bolt and adapted to seat in any one of the said depressions to retard the motion of the corresponding gear.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SAMUEL GOODMAN. 

